Stephenson Tales

MR. YON IN FLORIDA

Mr. Yon was selling his house and, in the interim, between his putting it on the market and its being bought, he went to Florida to find a place for himself as it was reputed to be warm. About a week after he left, he came back to finish up the closing of his sale. When I saw he was there, I went over and asked about his Florida trip.
"It was all right. I got me a nice house."
"Oh, good, how is it?"
"Well I don't have it."
"You don't have it? You like Florida all right, don't you?"
"Oh, yes. The first day I was there I made three thousand dollars."
"WHAT???"
"Ayep, I bought the house and before I took the 'for sale' sign down, a man come by and asked if I owned the house. I told him of course I did. He asked how much I wanted for it and I gave him a price and we closed the deal on the spot--three thousand more than I had paid for it the day before!"
I went home musing again on the indomitableness of Mr. Yon.